A tale of two cities: Community psychobehavioral surveillance and related impact on outbreak control in Hong Kong and Singapore during the severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1033-1041

  Leung, Gabriel M ^a,c   Quah, Stella ^b   Ho, Lai Ming ^a   Ho, Sai Yin ^a   Hedley, Anthony J ^a   Lee, Hin Peng ^b   Lam, Tai Hing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RHINORRHEA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE; SORE THROAT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC OPINION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SINGAPORE;

EID: 10844256539     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502340     Document Type: Article

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